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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
Cheoul-young Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Cheoul-Young Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are an image reading apparatus including a guiding unit disposed on a platen glass, and guiding a document transferred by a document transfer device to allow an image of a document to be read by an image sensor disposed at a stationary location. The guiding unit includes: a contacting surface that contacts the platen glass; a reading surface spaced apart upward from the contacting surface and having a flat reading portion corresponding to at least a reading reference location of the image sensor; an access guiding surface guiding the document to the reading surface, tilted downward toward the reading surface, and having an access terminal that is stepped with respect to the reading surface; and a discharge guiding surface guiding the document after the document has passed along the reading surface, and tilting upward from the reading surface without a step.